Frame for handbags and pocketbooks



MELTZER 'ANTJTL. KARRON. FRAME FOR HANDBAGS AND POCKETBOOKS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 8, 1919.

3] mama/tom Patented May 3, 1921 I E- HYLEAN MELTZER AND LOUIS KARBON, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

FRAME FOR HMTDBAGS AND POCKETBOOKS.

i Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May a, rear.

Application file d may 8, 1919. Serial No. 295,546.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HYMAN lllnnrznn and Lows KARRON, citizens of the United States, and residing Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Frames for Handbags and Pocketbooks, of which the following is a specification, such as willenable those skilled in the rt to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to hand bags, pocketbooks and other devices of this class, and particularly to what are known as the frame or jaw members of such articles, and by means of which said articles are closed and opened; and the object of the invention to provide an improved framework of this class which will be strong and durable and which cannot be easily broken and will not get out of order, and which at the some time will be highly eflicient and practical in use; and with this and other objects in view the invention consists in an article or articles of the class specified, constructed as here inafter described.

This invention relates particularly to one of the frame or jaw members, the other frame or aw member being of the usual form; and the invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of our improvement are designated by suitable reference charactersin each of the views, and in which Figure l is a view showing a complete frame for a handbag or pocketbook involving our invention and showing the frame open;

Fig. 2 a view of a blank from which our improved frame or jaw ember is made;

Fig. 3 and end view of said blank and showing the second step of the process of making said frame or jaw member;

Fig. & a transverse sectional view of our improved frame or jaw member on the line 4e-4c of Fig. l and showing the thire step of the process of making said part.

Fig. 5 a side view of the improved frame or aw member with parts broken away and showing the fourth step of the process;

Fig. 6 a plan view of the central top portion of the jaw member shown in Fig. 5 and showing the fifth, sixth and seventh steps of the process of making the same;

Fig. 7 an inside or bottom plan view of the central part of our improved frame or jaw member looking in the direction of the arrow 7 of Fig. 1, and showing the last step employed in completing said frame or jaw member; and Y Fig. 8 a partial section on the line -88 of Fig. 1 but showing the frame members or jaws closed together and on an'enlarged scale, and showing the frame complete.

In Fig. 1 of the drawing, we have shown a frame for a handbag of pocketbook made according to our invention, and said frame comprising two jaw members a and b pivoted together at c, the general form of the frame, the method of connecting the jaws at c, and the form and construction of the jaw Z) being all well known, our invention relating-particularly'to the jaw member a and t is method of making the same.

111 the practice of our invention or in forming the jaw member a, we stamp from any suitable sheet metal a blank c shown in 2, and the length and width of this blank will depend upon the size or dimensions of the jaw member to be formed therein Y ilOIIl.

ends with ears a and the jaw member 6 with similar ears and 111 the formation of the aw member a fromthe blank a said blank 1s first folded longitudinally into an approximately L-shaped cross sectional form as shown in Fig. 3, this operation producing two slde members a and c and a longitudi nal head a at the point where said side members connect.

The next step of the process consists in again folding the blankas shown in Fig. 3

into an approximately U-shaped cross sectional form shown in Fig. L, and the result of this operation is to bring the separate side members a and a into approximately parallel position with the free edge of the side a curved slightly inwardly as shown at a and in this operation the bead a is also con'ipresed longitudinally to form the same into the projecting flange a of the icom-- pletedaw member a. This flange-overlaps the jaw member I) when said jaw members are connected as shown in Fig. 8, and in the last named operation. the back of. the bead a is provided with a longitudinal groove or depression a.

The next step of the process consists in bending the folded blank, a cross section of which is shown in Fig. 4, to form the parallel The blank o is provided at its opposite I as will be seen approximately U-shaped in end members a after which the flange a is cut centrally to form a longitudinal recess a after which said flange is flattened between the points a as clearly shown in Figs. 5 and 6, after which an oblong aperture a is formed in the top or outer surface of the jaw member 'backwardly of the recess a and the jaw member thus formed is,

overhang d having a backwardly directedv spring lip portion 65 adapted to engage the tongue d of the jaw as shown at d in Fig. '8, and in connecting this clasp or latch device (Z with the jaw a, the loop member d is passed downwardly through the aperture a, and a pin 6 is passed therethrough as clearly shown in Figs. 7 and 8, and this completes the attachment and the frame is ready for use. When the jaws are in closed position, the tongue d rests in the recess a, as shown in Fig. 8,and this permits the meeting faces of the jaws to snugly engage each other.

The flattened portion of the bead or flange a forms a seat for the catch (1, as shown in Fig. 1, and also functions to strengthen the intermediate portion of the flange 8.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that the jaw member a is composed entirely of one part or formed from a blank of sheet metal folded into the desired shape in cross section and provided with the necessary details of construction to permit of the attachment of the clasp or latch device 0!, as described, whereas in the construction of the bag frames of the class under consideration, as heretofore practised, said jaw member has been composed of two parts which had to be connected in such manner as to give the desired cross sectional shape,

and this operation was difficult and expensive, and the parts being composed of sheet metal were easily disconnected or separated in use, and all these objections are obviated by .our improved method of procedure in which said jaw member is composed entirely of one part folded to give it the desired cross-sectional shape and also to give it the desired strength and to form the raised rim, which last function is facilitated or aided by the longitudinal groove or depression a back of the projecting flange a formed in. fashioning the bead a and flange a It will be understood that the material of the bag is secured to the jaw members a and b in the usual or any desired manner, and in the accompanying drawing we have shown the jaw members a and I) as yoke-shaped in form, but our invention is not limited to this particular form for said jaw members, nor to any particular dimensions thereof, and the said jaw members, or the frame composed thereof may be made of any de sired dimensions and may be applied to handbags, pocketbooks or similar articles, and changes in and modifications of the construction herein described may be made, within the scope of the appended claim, without departing from the spirit of our invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a hand bag, pocket book or the like, a first jaw member of approximate iJ-shaped cross section having its bight extended to form a tubular flange which extends at right angles to one of the sides of the jaw member, the intermediate portion of'said flange being flattened and recessed, the crown portion of said member being apertured in transverse alinement with said recess, a eaten pivotally mounted in the aperture in the crown of said member and having an overhanging lip and a second jaw member pivotally connected to the first member and having a spring tongue projecting from its crown, said tongue being engageable with the catch to lock the aw members in closed position and the tongue being so located as to rest in the recess when the jaws are in closed position.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our invention we have signed our names in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 7th day of May 1919.

HYMAN MELTZER. LOUIS KARRON.

Witnesses:

C. E. MULREANY, H. E. THoMrsoN. 

